Helmut Striker

Helmut Stürmer (born February 7, 1942 in Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania ) is a German set and costume designer .

Life

Stürmer studied at the Nicolae Grigorescu Art Academy in Bucharest with Paul Bortnovski. In 1967 he completed his studies with a diploma. From 1968 to 1977 he worked as a set artist at the theater in Sibiu ( German:  Hermannstadt ) and at the Teatrul Bulandra in Bucharest. At the same time, he worked at venues in Romanian cities such as Arad , Cluj-Napoca , Iași , Brașov , Pitești , Ploiești and Timișoara.

Until 1977, Stürmer worked as a set and / or costume designer for five national film productions: Nunta de piatră , Duhul aurului , Tănase Scatiu , Dincolo de nisipuri and Rătăcire .

In 1971 and 1975 he worked at the Stadttheater Köln as a set designer in plays by Lew Nikolajewitsch Tolstoy , Georges Feydeau and Heinrich Böll , followed by a position at the Stadttheater München (1976) and at the Old Tote Theater , Sydney , Australia (1977). In 1977 Stürmer moved to the Federal Republic of Germany and worked at many well-known theaters in Germany and in other European countries.

Awards

• 1974: Romanian Union of Fine Artists Award for Hamlet by William Shakespeare , Nottara Theater, directed by Dinu Cernescu
• 1975: best set for a historical film, for Tănase Scatiu , director: Dan Pița
• 2001: Romanian Theater Union (UNITER), award for the best stage design for the play So it is (if it seems to you) , Craiova National Theater , director: Vlad Mugur
• 2004: UNITER award for all its activity; Award of the Romanian Union of Fine Artists for Stage Design; Award of the Hungarian Theater Festival Pécs for best stage design and best costume design of the 2005-2006 season for the play Troilus and Cressida from the Katona-Joszef-Theater, Budapest , Hungary , director: Silviu Purcarete
• 2006: Award of the Hungarian theater critics for the best play of the 2005–2006 theater season, and for the best stage design and the best costume design , for the same play

bibliography

• Claus Stephani : Responsibility towards society . Conversation with Helmut Stürmer. In: Volk und Kultur (Bucharest), 23/12, 1971, pp. 24–26.
• Claus Stephani: "Slippery Germans sleep a lot" . NL conversation with Helmut Stürmer. In: Neue Literatur (Bucharest), 22/9, 1971, pp. 117–119.

Web links

• Helmut Stürmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)